On August 5, 2022, a dispute on Arkansas Avenue in Oakdale, Louisiana, between 25-year-old Anthony Rakestraw Jr and 21-year-old Malcolm Pugh turned deadly. Pugh then fled the scene in a dark-colored sedan before police arrived. Rakestraw was taken to a local hospital by people who had been at the scene and died of his injuries three days later, on August 8, 2022.

After Rakestraw’s death, the Oakdale Police Department upgraded the charge against Pugh from attempted second-degree murder to second-degree murder and a manhunt began. The U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force located Malcolm Pugh at a residence in Sulphur, Louisiana, on September 6, 2022; he was arrested without incident and booked into the Calcasieu Parish Jail before being transferred to the Allen Parish Jail, held without bond on the second-degree murder charge. Authorities said others who helped Pugh evade capture were expected to face charges.

If anyone witnessed the shooting on Arkansas Avenue or has information about who was present that afternoon, please share what is known.